Training the Afghan armed forces
The US strategy in Afghanistan includes a deadline: 2014. The Americans want to turn over security to Afghan forces by then. To do that, the US will have to train enough Afghan recruits to do the job. The World’s Ben Gilbert was recently embedded with US troops who are ‘partnered’ with Afghan army units in Kandahar.
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